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Hello everyone! I am writing an article about the Estonian War Museum and the Mosin examples on display there. When i was visiting the Museum i shot the following pictures of what appear to be an M91/30 (or a Dragoon) in relic conditions found inside a tree. What is really weird is what is attached ...

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Thank you. So this is my website: https://collectingmosin.com and the article is the first one in the "latest posts" in homepage: https://collectingmosin.com/finnish-close-combat-m91-dragoon-tula-1926/ The YouTube video is also reachable via the homepage or here: https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Yes, it is a pretty uncommon conversion i think. And yes, the rubber bayonet was used to practice close combat / bayonet fighting training. It has been used apparently also on M39s, as I found in some books and pictures. I was very surprised to know that also M28 rifles were modified for this usage ...

Hello everyone! I would like to show you another really interesting example from my collection! It is a Tula 1926 M91 Dragoon converted into a close combat training rifle by the Finnish Army! It is one of the few complete examples that survived till today. According to the books, 1500 examples were ...

Thank you! I will try to post some other specials in the next days. To answer to Kenbow, yes it is an aiming training device. You will find some more details above in the post number 7 from the beginning.

Very nice! Panshin bayonets are rare and i like transitional rifles a lot! Thank you for posting these.

And now some additional pictures of the 1897 Dragoon, as i promised :

Hello everyone! First of all thank you very much for all your comments and info about this device! Yes, as you said, this is an aiming training device. After searching more, I found also some pictures of this object in use on the excellent book by Alexander Yuschenko “Model 1891/1930 rifle and its v...

Hello everyone! This is my second post here on the forum and basically the first after introducing myself, so i would like to show you something really special...i hope. I had the possibility to acquire this 1897 full matching Dragoon rifle recently. It has been found under a roof of an old house in...

Hello everyone! I am new to the forum and really happy to be here, having the possibility to talk about Mosin Nagant rifles and show you my collection! My name is Riccardo and I have been collecting Mosin Nagant rifles, carbines and related accessories for more than fifteen years and i am also the o...